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Nancy Worden
'Grafting' Necklace2000

Not on view
Silver-toned metal bracelet or crown with organic branch forms, gold-toned spiral accents, and amber gemstone or resin elements
Close-up detail of a silver metal sculpture showing a stamped maker's tag with the text "WORDEN" and "2000," with a small gold bead accent below, set against intersecting cast metal forms.
Artist or Maker
Nancy Worden
United States, Massachusetts, Boston, 1954-2021, active Washington, Seattle
Title
'Grafting' Necklace
Date Made
2000
Medium
Silver, gold, gilded copper
Dimensions
7 1/8 × 9 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (18.1 × 24.13 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2013.221.38
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
Copyright
© Nancy L. Worden